Office cabinet



April l0, 1945. A. ALLEN 2,373,217

OFFICE CABINET v Filed March e, 1943' 2 sheets-sheet 1 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS April l0, 1945. A. ALLEN 2,373,217

l OFFICE CABINET ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. I, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT f OFFICE Application March 6, 1943, Serial No. 478,177

(Cl. S12-43) 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a cabinet which is used for containing a supply of lavatory equipment and has for one of its objects to provide an arrangement whereby some of such equipment may be withdrawn from the cabinet without opening the cabinet.

Another object of ther invention is to provide a compartment within the cabinet for the housing of paper cups and an arrangement whereby the cups may be supported in position for withdrawal, which support is adjustable for the accommodation of cups of diiTerent diameters.

Another object of this invention is to provide an accommodation for cups of different sizes by a simple adjustment of a supporting means for such cups.

Another object of the invention is an arrange-` ment for simplicity and economy for the dispensing of different articles from a single cabinet.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of the cabinet with the door of the same open;

Fig. 2 is a fragmental section through the towel and cup housing compartments;

Fig. 3 is a sectional View through the cup housing compartment of the cabinet;

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a section on line 5--5 of Fig. 4.

Cabinets for containing equipment for oiiices are rfrequently supported upon a wall ,adjacent to the lavatory. Such cabinets usually have a doorwhich may be opened for access to the different compartments of the cabinet, one of these compartments may be utilized for containing towels while other compartments may be utilized for other articles such for instance as one for cups, and another compartment for a comb and brush or the like.

The case contains cups stacked one nested Within the other with one of the cups protruding through an opening in the bottom wall of the compartment which contains such cups and I have supported the cups through the opening so that these cups will engage the supporting means for retaining the stack in position. This supporting means is adjustable, such for instance as by means of threaded screws in the support whereby they may be moved toward or from the axis of the bottom wall of the compartment for the cups and cups of 'different diameters may be supported in position.

With reference to the drawings, the cabinet, as I have illustrated in perspective in Fig. 1, consists of a back wall I0 having a top wall II extending forwardly therefrom and curved downwardly as at I2 with end walls I3 and I4 also extending forwardly from the back wall I0 while a bottom wall I 5 extends forwardly from the back wall I0. Said cabinet forms a generally rectangular case. A door IB is hinged as at I'I to the wall I4 to engage the edges of the walls I3 and I4 to close the case. A suitable back wall extension I8 may drop below the case with bracket like flanges I9 and 2D for supporting a towel rack 2l in ar position below the bottom wall.

The casing bounded by the walls just previously mentioned is divided by partitions into various compartments. One horizontal partition 22 provides a compartment 23 for the housing of a comb and brush 24 while a vertical partition 25 exy tending downwardly from this partition 22 provides a compartment 26 for the housing of drinking cups 21. A further partition 28 extending from the partition 25 to the side wall i3 provides an upper compartment 29 for the housing of one sort of towels and a lower compartment 30 for the housing of a package of paper towels a portion of which package 3| is shown.

The compartment 3|] has the bottom wall I5 of the cabinet or casing as its bottom wall, the partition 2B as its top wall, partition 25 as one end wall and side wall I3 as the other end wall thereof. Ribs 35 extend along the end walls of this compartment 3U and are secured to these end walls, to direct the individual towels 38 to the longitudinal slot 39 in the bottom wall I5.

The bottom wall I5 is provided with an opening 5I! along the edge of which there are supported brackets 5I such for instance as by means of bolts 52 extending through the bottom wall. Each of these brackets is generally L-shape with an upstanding portion 53 extending from the edge of the opening 50. This upright portion has fixed thereto a nut 54 for receiving a threaded member 55 having a rounded head 56.Which is positioned into the path oi movement of the cup 21 when moved throughy the opening 50. As shown in Fig. 7 there are four of such supporting members for engagement with the cup and it will be necessary for the tapered cup to be pulled with some force for extracting this cup past the support 55 whereby when one of the cups is released the next cup nesting within it and above it will be engaged and caught by such supporting members and in turn support the next cup and the stack above it.

By this arrangement the supporting members 55 may be screwed toward or from the axis of the opening 50 so as to engage cups of different diameters, thus making it possible to utilize this means of dispensing for a variety of sizes of cups.

I claim:

A holder for paper cups comprising a compartment for receiving said cups provided with a bottom Wall having a hole in it, L-shape members secured to said bottom wall and providing side walls about said hole for the passage of the cups therethrough, said members being provided with threaded openings, cooperating threaded members in said openings extending into the path of the passage of a cup through said hole to engage the cup andv support it in a position extending partially through said hole, said threaded niembers being adjustable radially to and from the `axis of said hole to accommodate cups of varying diameters.

ALEXANDER ALLEN. 

